Apr 28, 2014

Boston, MA - Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) iHub innovation
center is hosting the BWH iHub Pilot
Shark Tank Challenge
on Monday, April 28, 2014. The event will feature ten start-up health care
companies vying for the opportunity to be paired with BWH clinical faculty to
help test their innovative solutions to existing problems in patient experience
and engagement.

"The Brigham is a site of pioneering
breakthroughs that have improved lives around the world," said Lesley Solomon,
MBA, executive director, BWH iHub. "But like many hospitals, we are
constantly working to improve both the patient experience and engagement with
patients and their families. At the same time, start-up companies are
challenged with not having the right clinical partner or environment to
pilot-or test-their products or services. We're excited about this competition
and believe it is a novel way of addressing these challenges by providing
entrepreneurs with direct access to our talented clinicians to collaboratively
advance health care innovation."

More than 40 early-stage health
technology companies and hackers applied for the challenge. Ten finalists were chosen by
BWH clinicians who will be involved in testing the winning solutions. The
finalists are: CareMon; Constant Therapy; Healo; Home Team Therapy; MySafeCare;
Revvo; Tenacity Health; Twine Health, Inc; VerbalCare; and Vital Score.

These finalists will present their
solutions to problems clinical practices face in patient experience and
engagement at the upcoming BWH iHub Pilot Shark Tank Challenge on April 28.

The finalists will present a five-minute
demo of their solution to a panel of judges, comprised of doctors and clinical
leadership, in a "shark tank" style setting.
The judges can ask the finalists questions about their solutions and will then
decide which solutions to move forward with pilots.

Winners will have the opportunity to
pilot their solution for two to six weeks at BWH during the 2014 calendar year;
access to a BWH pilot design advisor pre-pilot and during the pilot period; the
ability to formally present to the BWH iHub; and BWH will agree to serve as a
reference to potential investors.

The event is open to the innovation
community in Boston as well as BWH employees.